PERTEMPS Bees, like schoolboys who have finished exams with the long summer holidays looming, had one of those end-of-term matches when the sun shone more than the players.

"They wanted it more than we did," said coach Steve Will iams. Newbury wanted it to the extent of scoring six tries - one by former Bee's fly-half Tim Walsh - and racking up a 32-7 half-time lead.

In recent weeks Bees have come out revitalised in the second half to show what they are capable of but not this time.

And their only return for their afternoon's work was tries from Leo Halavatau and Dave Knight, both converted by fly-half Jon Higgins.

Williams said: "It was an end of season game. We did not have the motivation that was needed and it showed.

"We are where we are in the league and I suppose it is difficult in games like that where we had a lot less to play for than they did I suppose. It isn't an excuse, it is just what happened."

Last month Bees beat Newbury on the same ground 23-10 in the quarter-finals of the EDF trophy, so there was an element of revenge for the home side but Williams said: "That was a different game, a different day, a different time."

On Saturday Bees travel to Camborne and Cornish Pirates and Williams said: "If we don't lift our game we will have 80 points put on us, it is a simple as that.

"Cornish Pirates are in a different stratosphere of rugby to where we are operating at.

"As a rugby club go they are on a different planet to us and as a team it is one of those games where we have to raise ourselves or we will get absolutely thrashed."

On the plus side for Bees, Williams said that Knight had been outstanding at 12, causing Newbury no end of problems while injury doubt Matt Miles had been superb at hooker.

Knight's brother, scrum-half Paul, who joined Moseley last summer, will be returning to Bees next season.